
A housewife (Lee Eun-Woo) becomes enraged with jealousy over her husband's (Cho Jae-Hyun) affair. Meanwhile, their son (Seo Young-Joo) sits in the periphery, observing their violent confrontations. One evening, the housewife takes a kitchen knife into their bedroom to exact revenge on the father. The father though is able to repel her attack and throws her out of the bedroom. The mother then goes into the son's room.... (Full plot summary below)
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A housewife (Lee Eun-Woo) becomes enraged with jealousy over her husband's (Cho Jae-Hyun) affair. Meanwhile, their son (Seo Young-Joo) sits in the periphery, observing their violent confrontations. One evening, the housewife takes a kitchen knife into their bedroom to exact revenge on the father. The father though is able to repel her attack and throws her out of the bedroom. The mother then goes into the son's room.
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| Observer (UK)Jonathan RomneyThere's mischievous humour here - and, oddly, grace, right up to the enigmatic Buddhist sign-off. |
| Electric SheepMark PlayerA dark and thoroughly depraved odyssey of sexual desire that strongly plays to Kim's preoccupation towards unusual, psychosexually informed chamber pieces. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghSo let the viewer beware: Moebius' rubbernecking appeal is hard to resist, but you run the risk of winding up feeling like a mouse caught in the hypnotic snare of a snake's unblinking gaze. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. Jones[Moebius] would be easy to dismiss if Kim weren't so sincere and sober in pursuit of his Oedipal and other emotional concerns. |
| Total FilmJamie GrahamAmong the blood, sweat and (ahem) salty tears are musings on desire, family and emasculation, but this is Kim at his most mischievous, the laughs drowning all. |
| Slant MagazineDavid Lee DallasA kind of silent opera in which the actors' precise facial emoting and a muscular editing rhythm create a melodrama by turns horrific and hilarious. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThe three entirely committed, fearless performers put through the physical and emotional motions by Kim carry a film that is the definition of “not for everyone” but Moebius works on its terms. Its twisted, Oedipal, sadomasochistic, castrated terms. |
| Movie MezzanineDan SchindelTears through taboos like the Kool-Aid Man through tissue paper, and sticks itself in your mind like a difficult thorn. |
| Screen InternationalDan FainaruUltimately, if taken seriously, this is a cautionary tale about crimes coming back to haunt and punish the ones that committed them. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinKim rattles you with this family’s bizarre and pitiful plight, and only then, from a place of agonised discomfort, does the laughter follow, in great whoops and roars. |